That Seeing, They May Believe
52 Children's Object Lessons
Object:
A small toy car with a friction motor. Several large <br>cardboard disks, glued together. A pencil. Drill a hole, the <br>diameter of the pencil, through the center of the disk; and drill <br>another hole about one inch off the center.
Purpose: To show the importance of keeping God at the center of
life.
Lesson: By just looking at this toy car, you cannot tell what
kind it is; but when I spin the wheels, the sound tells you that
this is a special kind of car. Once you have the wheels turning
fast, they will continue to run for quite a while. The reason for
this is that within the car are several other wheels. Some of
these wheels have what we call teeth. They are gears. The teeth
of one wheel mesh with the teeth of another wheel and, as the